Ikonostasyt

The end of the 19-th century. Rafe Klinche, a woodcarver, arrives in a small town in the western regions of Bulgaria. He has been commissioned to make an iconostasis in the new church. He finds lodgings in the home of the Glaueshev family. Rafe Klinche falls in love with their daughter, Katerina. He makes slow progress with the iconostasis. Lazar, Katerina's brother, encourages the artist to hurry up, but Rafe surprises him with the news taht he wants to marry Katerina who is pregnant. Her mother – Sultana – makes the girl have a miscarriage. Katerina dies. Rafe is in despair. Disatisfaction in the town against the religious oppression of the Greek clergy grows. The priest, Lazar and Rafe are arrested and tortured. When the iconostasis is completed, it appears that Rafe has depicted scenes from daily life. The younger people like it, but the older people consider it heretical. The artist sets off along his travels again – alone with his art and his grief.